Broad condemns security in Pakistan

Former England batsman Chris Broad has spoken of his anger towards the Pakistani security forces who he said ran for cover during the terror attack in Lahore.

The Test match referee was in a van with other officials which was targeted along with the Sri Lanka cricket team bus as they travelled to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Tuesday.

Speaking on his return to the UK, Broad, 51, said: "I am extremely angry that we were promised high-level security and in our hour of need that security vanished. I am extremely fortunate to be here."

He went on: "I had an inkling before the Test match leg of the tour that something might happen.

"I raised my concerns with the ICC before the tour started and they passed on those concerns to the Pakistan Cricket Board and they assured me through email that all security would be taken care of, presidential-style security. And clearly that didn't happen.

"When we were in the van we weren't aware of what was going on outside. But afterwards when you watch the TV pictures you can clearly see the white van we were in, in the middle of a roundabout and not a sign of a policeman anywhere."

Broad has been hailed a hero as he shielded wounded Pakistani umpire Ahsan Raza on the floor of the van after at least a dozen armed terrorists opened fire on the vehicle.

But he said the officials were abandoned by local police when their driver was shot dead in the attack.

He recalled: "Once the shooting had died down, Nadeem Ghouri (a Test umpire) put his head up to see and there was no-one there."

Eventually another policeman opened the front door, "took the driver out unceremoniously and dumped him on the floor" and then drove the vehicle into the safety of the ground, he added.